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    Growing an MMA news channel on YouTube

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    Great suggestion. A personal thank you video email. I might try that one myself for website subscribers.
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    Anyone using email to manage projects?

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    I'll second Asan. I've run global projects with it when I had my consultancy. It's great for organising and assigning task to people. They can reply by email and you can send email reminders. You can do a surprising amount with the free version and it's worth checking out.
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    How to Build and Grow a Newsletter as a Business Model

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    I agree. Crap behaviour. But the problem could also be with the newsletter publishers who don't understand how to grow and sustain a healthy list. They are trying to buy traffic that they are not ready for and then then can't keep the new subscribers engaged (because they are only interested in...
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    [PROGRESS THREAD] - My Journey To Becoming A Successful "Creatorpreneur"

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    I like your determination and want to share some thoughts that may help you. You seem to have a goal of blowing up your channel. Great if you do but you are investing a lot of emotion into something you really can't control - at least not initially. Set some goals that you can control and then...
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    YouTube channel about Google Sheets / Apps - Script - Progress thread

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    I love someone who tries. If you run out of ideas I'm always happy to try to help out. My channel isn't huge, but I get business off the back of it - and sometimes surprising offers.
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    YouTube channel about Google Sheets / Apps - Script - Progress thread

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    It's nice to see the growth and more importantly that you are taking action. I notice at the start you say It has reminded me of something important that I must share. Most of the hype and "experts" around YouTube will have you believe that you will be able to see explosive growth. Usually...
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    I am 18 years old man, 1year into self improvement... Any tips?

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    Well done on making your decision. I'll pass on a guiding principle someone once shared with me. You can apply it to many situations, and it's served me well over the years. It's only 3 words long and seems too simple to be of value. The three words are BE GOOD VALUE That doesn't mean cheap...
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    How to Create a $2k+/mo Passive Income Website in 30 Days (or Less)

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    This has been an excellent thread for me. It pushed me to take action on something I'd been meaning to do for a long time which is Google Ads. After about 5 weeks of testing the results are in. I was targeting 8 keywords with what I thought was good buyer intent for my product. I managed around...
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    YouTube channel about Google Sheets / Apps - Script - Progress thread

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    I didn't sell anything on my website for the first 5 years. I just spent time building a mailing list and goodwill by publishing a free and useful (hopefully) newsletter. When I did start selling products directly the list was pure gold. Don't leave it until you think you are ready - you will...
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    YouTube channel about Google Sheets / Apps - Script - Progress thread

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    Yes, it is, or at least it used to be. I've done it in the past and I'm sure that you still can. What benefit will having 1,000 subscribers bring you? I don't want to sound down on subscriber numbers but it means very little on its own. Having subscribers doesn't bring anything other than lots...
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    YouTube channel about Google Sheets / Apps - Script - Progress thread

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    Yes, that's a very familiar pattern. Have you tried checking your traffic source for the past 28 days of the popular videos? It gives a better indication of how people are finding your best performing videos. The initial watch figures in the week after launch will skew your analytics and are...
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    YouTube channel about Google Sheets / Apps - Script - Progress thread

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    From my experience, the CTR is a good indicator to watch. It shows how appealing your title and thumbnail are to people. It is though possible for it to change over time. Here's an example. The CTR for this video started at about 1.8% and then dropped to around 0.6%. It was only when YouTube...
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    YouTube channel about Google Sheets / Apps - Script - Progress thread

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    There are good or bad numbers. YouTube doesn't care. It's only comparing your latest video numbers against your earlier videos. If people are watching a video more than usual it shows the video to more people. If they click and watch it, it then shows it to more, and so on. Only compare yourself...
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    Payment gateway for Ukraine SaaS

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    I would also recommend Paddle or Shopify. I've used both and found the support excellent. I currently use the Shopify Buy Button which is just a JavaScript code added to pages of my site. I prefer it to Paddle because it provides a shopping cart experience for multiple purchases. I don't know...
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    The Parable of Value, Context, and Self-Worth...

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    I received this email last night and thought it was great. I went to sleep thinking about this. It carries so many lessons. Thanks for sharing it.
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    From podcasting to newsletters... the new HOT thing?

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    If you have any problems let me know and I'll try to help. The basic Newsletter Plugin is free (Pricing - The Newsletter Plugin) but you need the paid version to get the Amazon SES addon. I seem to recall that I was able to configure the free SMTP plugin to use Amazon SES before I decided to...
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    From podcasting to newsletters... the new HOT thing?

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    I used a mail service about 6 years ago that offered 12,000 free emails a month. MailCheat(Chimp) bought it and said nothing would change. They then slapped the 500 limit on me and I needed to find a better solution fast. I now use Amazon Web Services SES directly and pay around $2.00 a month for...
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    From podcasting to newsletters... the new HOT thing?

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    I think this answers it...
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    Window Washing | Progress Thread

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    I won't name locations but checking the figures this city has a population of 300k. I actually thought it was larger because there are a lot of retail locations. I suspect that's the key. He identified the need and demand and found a way to fill it without trying to do all the work himself...
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    Window Washing | Progress Thread

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    I'm going to respectfully suggest that you don't expand your services if you want to earn good money. I know someone who pulls good money by being expert at window cleaning. He's fast, efficient and expert at cleaning. But that's not what earns him the money, it only gets him recommendations...

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